A vision for justice
Subtitle: report and recommendations regarding wrongful convictions in the Commonwealth of Virginia
By: presented by the Innocence Commission for Virginia
Publisher: Innocence Commission for Virginia
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Judicial error; False imprisonment; Presumption of innocence; Burden of proof; Administration of Criminal justice
Description: A report examining eleven exonerations in Virginia and recommending reforms for preventing future wrongful convictions. The report identifies common problems that led to the eleven wrongful convictions. It calls for reform and highlights measures in seven areas - eyewitness identification, interrogation, discovery, law enforcement investigation, scientific evidence, and defense practices - that would improve Virginia's criminal justice system and offer the latest and best practices to law enforcement officers, courts, prosecutors, and defense counsel.
Notes: "March 2005."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-134).

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